catmania

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1. These Feet of Mine

   catmania replied to haysie's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Expensive but oh-so-worth it are Z-Coils. Pay the extra to get the enclosed heel so you don't have to worry about the coils getting caught in tubing/lines/etc. There are 2 stores in the Valley - one in Gilbert at Gilbert/Guadalupe and I believe the...

2. How are local hospital's are doing

   catmania replied to Kabin's topic in Arizona

   I'll be graduating from a radiography program in May and we have the same concerns as you nursing people. A glut of x-ray techs being churned out by various programs plus cutbacks/freezes at hospitals is making the employment picture rather bleak f...

3. Anyone an HUC or currently in or have completed HUC program?

   catmania replied to TinkRN8's topic in Arizona

   I completed GWCC's HUC program last year. Graduated in May, got a job at SHC in June and was unexpectedly called up for my program a year early (radiography), so only actually worked as a HUC for 2 months. Starting pay for me was a little over $12 ...

4. Health Unit Coordinator

   catmania replied to gertieculpepper's topic in General Nursing

   I went through my local community college's HUC course which was 1 semester long, became certified and worked for a couple months as a HUC before starting my radiography program. If you like clerical work, don't want to be in nursing yet want to be...

5. Financial Aid - Arizona

   catmania replied to Amburgerz12's topic in Arizona

   Hey MassagetoRN - I'm not sure what to say regarding clinical sites. Mine is Banner Gateway in Gilbert - my school has clinical sites all over the valley and everyone in my program was eligible to be in Project Ayuda. The Project Ayuda program coo...

6. Financial Aid - Arizona

   catmania replied to Amburgerz12's topic in Arizona

   You can read about Project Ayuda here: http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/~ayuda/ One "catch" is that they only have a certain amount of slots open each year for people to be in this program, so if it's full you might have to wait for the next year. When we...

7. Algebra online????

   catmania replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona

   I'm also a math dunce but I had a wonderful teacher at Gateway CC and came out of her class with an A. I asked her about online classes and she said that with all the resources available (tutoring through the college, ability to email the teacher qu...

8. Financial Aid - Arizona

   catmania replied to Amburgerz12's topic in Arizona

   I'm in a rad tech program and I decided to do this very thing - live on student loans so I can concentrate fully on school. I received one loan through Bank of America (think they call it their Education Maximizer) and several different ones throug...

9. Unit secretary....

   catmania replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona

   Last I heard, on-call HUCs at Scottsdale Healthcare make $13/hr and the on-call HUCs at Banner make $14/hr. I was a regular HUC at SHC and with 3 years previous non-HUC experience I was making $12.40/hr. Good luck!

10. Phlebotomy while waiting to enter school?

    catmania replied to ZoeK's topic in Arizona

    If you do go for phlebotomy, I would suggest going through Phoenix College instead of Pima, just because of the cost involved. Most of the postings I've seen for phlebotomists want you to be already trained - I haven't heard of any hospitals who wil...

11. Revisiting the question of shift times:

    catmania replied to NewJA's topic in Arizona

    I'm not a nurse but I do work on a med/surg unit and the nurses have both 12 hour shifts (7-7:30) and 8 hour shifts (7-3,3-11 - there might be 11-7 nurses but I'm out of there by then, so I'm not sure!).

12. Has anyone taken ENG102 at Rio???

    catmania replied to peeesh's topic in Arizona

    I tried to take ENG 102 online a couple years ago and ended up having to drop it because I overcommitted myself with work/school/other stuff. I don't know if the course has changed or not but part of the regular length class involved reading a novel...

13. Healthcare CPR training...

    catmania replied to mysunshines0307's topic in Arizona

    I get mine done through http://www.cprinstruction.com - you get a 2 year certification card through the American Heart Association. I've used them for both my first aid and CPR and I really like the instructors.